Walk of Fame Movie Adventures: The Visitor (1979) and Mel Ferrer

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John Huston in The Visitor
Paige Collins in The Visitor.

I knew I was in for a high quality piece of cinema when it opened with this title card:

The opening card from The Vistor. It reads: "The Producer wishes to gratefully aknowledge Mr. GEORGE BUSBEE Governor of the State of Georgia and Mr. MAYNARD JACKSON Mayor of the city of Atlanta for their helpfull assistance without which this film could never have been made."
“Spelling? Capitalization? Grammar? Punctuation? Those rules are for cowards.”

This is the best movie with an old man in a fishing hat fighting to stop an eight year old girl from forcing her mother (with the help of a secret evil organization and the owner of a basketball team) to give birth to the reincarnation of Space Satan I’ve ever seen. At that doesn’t even mention the ice skating fight, or the commune full of bald children led by Space Jesus in what looks like a very nice suburban home in space.

Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Mel Ferrer's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Mel Ferrer.

Mel Ferrer (Walk of Fame star at 6268 Hollywood Boulevard) plays the head of the evil secret organization. He gets killed by birds. I’m not sure if he’s covered in blood or bird crap.

Mel Ferrer covered with wounds (or possibly bird poop) in The Visitor.

Today’s fake poster… isn’t very good. It looks less like a movie poster, and more like a repackaged DVD in the five dollar bin at Walmart.

A fake poster for The Visitor poorly mimicking the poster for The Avengers
They can’t all be gems.

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